Manju then said: "Look at the situation in Aqiu's family. Your grandma Yuan worked hard to raise her up, so she doesn't want to keep her as a bride. After all, your uncle Fusheng is of such a bloodline. If he really gets married,
Then the Song family will be extinct."
"As for our family, your father and I have only one son, and you have to inherit the Zhou family's incense. Naturally, we cannot agree to you recruiting a wife."
Zhou Shitou heard his mother's thoughts and couldn't help but mutter, "Grandma Yuan loves Aqiu so much, so she must ask Aqiu to marry her. What if the person Aqiu likes in the future won't marry her?"
Manju laughed and said, "What do you know, kid? What do you like and dislike? If these two people become husband and wife and live together, how can they just rely on liking each other? This is not a matter of two people, but a matter of two families."
"If you don't like it, why should I ask her to come back and be my wife?" Zhou Shitou said with a look of disapproval.
Manju couldn't help but look at her son twice and said, "Shitou, tell your mother, do you have a girl you like?"
She had always been suspicious of her son's awkward behavior, but if this person wasn't A Qiu, who could it be?
Manju had already gone through all the girls of the same age in the village in her mind, and even took her nieces out for a walk, but she couldn't think of any difference between her son and any one of them.
Zhou Shitou had a name in his heart and could blurt it out at any time, but he swallowed it back at the last moment.
"No, no, I've already said it. I haven't thought about these things yet. Mother, you must hurry up and tell me about your wife."
Man Ju laughed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are already fifteen, are you waiting until you are eighteen or nineteen to talk about your wife? My mother is still waiting to take care of your children while she is still young."
"Since you don't have a girl you like, my mother will choose it for you. Don't worry, my mother will never harm you. She will definitely find the most suitable and best wife for you."
Zhou Shitou said to his heart that Lihua was the most suitable wife for him.
But remembering his father's advice, his mother would definitely not agree with Lihua and asked him not to let anything out. When he came to tell her, Zhou Shitou would have no choice but to shut up.
But after thinking about it, he couldn't do nothing.
Zhou Shitou rolled his eyes and said, "Mom, can you not look so far away from me? Just like the girl from the Liu family last time, when I go to my father-in-law's house in the future, I am too lazy to leave!"
"It's only a dozen miles away, how far is it? You're too lazy." Man Ju laughed and scolded.
But he immediately took these words to heart. Since his son wanted to find someone close, then he would be close.
"Okay, I've asked a matchmaker to look for her in several villages near us. Dayao Village in front of us, Shitou Village across the street, and Yanghuai Village in the bottom. They're all pretty close."
Zhou Shitou blurted out: "There is also our village. Our village is closer. You can get there just by walking."
"Our village?" Manju's suspicion that had just subsided resurfaced again, and she said calmly: "Our village, mother, think about it, except for one Aqiu, there are only peach branches, and
Which one do you think is better: the red dates from your Aunt Meifu’s house, the spring flowers from Uncle Yungui’s house, the Xiuxiang from Uncle Lao Meng’s house, or the pear blossoms from Zhang’s house?”
Zhou Shitou's heart was pounding. Only these few people could be pushed out with a little push. He stopped busy and said, "I just find it too far and it's hard to walk. It doesn't have to be from our village. Anyway, mother, you can watch it for me."
Let’s meet.”
Manju did not just stop talking, but continued: "I watched Taozhi grow up, and your cousin Juhua has always loved you. With the relationship between our two families, it is not impossible for you to woo Taozhi, but you
Cousin, she has already made up her mind about Taozhi, so it's not your turn to come here."
"As for Xiuxiang, I heard that her mother planned to marry her back to her parents' family, but that's not possible. There is also Chunhua. I heard that she is also planning to get married. She asked people to inquire in several villages. Let's go together.
If the people in the village were interested in you, they would have already made a move, so that’s not possible."
"There are only red dates and pear blossoms left. Your Aunt Meifu is a hardworking person and has a good temper. There is nothing wrong with marrying her. Hong dates are not bad themselves, but her family also has a small population. If you ask for red dates, you will definitely have trouble in the future.
I have been helping you, Hong Zao’s younger brother Qing Zao is only a few years old, and I will have to count on you as my uncle in the future. If you don’t care and can shoulder this responsibility, I can give you a try."
"As for Lihua..." Manju paused when she said this.
Zhou Shitou was listening attentively, wondering what his mother would say about Lihua, but he stopped and looked at his mother anxiously.
Seeing her son like this, Manju's heart skipped a beat and she had a bad feeling. Shitou liked it...
But he didn't ask immediately. Instead, he changed the subject, "Oh, the water is boiling. You go to the village entrance to greet him and see if your father is back."
As he spoke, he stood up naturally and put the boiling water in the pot into the wooden bucket. It seemed that there was nothing else when he stopped here, just because the water had just boiled.
Zhou Shitou couldn't ask further questions, so he had no choice but to answer and go out to meet his father.
Manju watched her son go out and sighed slightly, her eyebrows filled with sadness.
After a long day in the car, I was so hot that I was covered in sweat and rancid. Naturally, I had to take a shower and change clothes as soon as I got home.
Manju helped prepare the change of clothes, and then started to make dinner.
By the time the family had dinner, it was completely dark. The lights were turned on in Butcher Wang's house next door, but there was no sound of the birth.
Butcher Wang and his son are back. The whole family doesn't even bother to eat, they are all waiting.
Wu Wujin went over to ask what was going on, and then came back to rest. He had been tired all day and didn't want to move at all.
Manju came into the house, her son and daughter were not there, but they were just a couple. They could talk about some things freely without worrying about disturbing anyone.
"Five pounds, I guess there is someone inside the stone."
When Wu Wujin heard this, he thought about his son's "confession" not long ago, and raised his eyebrows, "Stone is fifteen this year, and he is half an adult. Aren't you busy telling him a wife? There is someone in your heart.
How normal is it? I was also visiting relatives with my father back then. When I saw you in your village, I fell in love with you at first sight, so I had to make trouble with my father to get you back as my wife."
Manju rarely blushed when talking about things in her youth. She also fell in love with Wujin at first sight. Fortunately, both parents agreed at the time, and as soon as they made peace, it became their marriage.
The young man admired Ai, and now he was not disappointed with the result. Instead, he was happy and had no regrets.
"I didn't say it was bad for my son to have someone he likes. We all came from that age, how can we not understand it."
"It's just that I'm afraid I won't be happy with the girl he likes."